Physics 443 - Spring 2008

Final

Wednesday, May 14, 7:00PM, Rock 128

Collection of final exam questions

The final will emphasize the material that we covered since the last midterm. That includes assignments 10-13, the variational method, time dependent perturbation theory, the adiabatic approximation, scattering, and the Dirac equation.

Prelims

Prelim II, April 11, 2008, 9:00-10:00AM - Includes all material through homework assignment 9.

Prelim II solutions

Prelim I, March 7, 2008, 3:35-4:25PM - Includes material from homework assignments 1-5. Review 3/7 at 9:00

Prelim I solutions

Sample prelim questions

Instructor: David Rubin

112 Newman Lab, 5-3765 or 5-4882 or drubin@physics.cornell.edu

Office Hours: Monday 2:00-3:30, and Tuesday 2:00-4:00

General course information

Course outline

Teaching Assistant: Paul Grabowski

619 Space Sciences, peg9@cornell.edu, 255-9496

Office Hours: Monday 1:25-3:25

Section meeting

Friday 1:25-2:15 Rockefeller 127 and Friday 3:35-4:25 Rockefeller 104

Notes

Solution of Schrodinger's equation with a Linear Potential
Kaons
WKB
Dirac Equation
Electron in a rotating magnetic field. Exact solution, adiabatic limit, and Berry phase. Rotating B-field
Scattering in the first Born approximation from time dependent perturbation theory
SpontaneousEmission

Homework Assignments

Problem Set 1 due January 30, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 2 due February 6, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 3 due February 13, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 4 due February 20, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 5 due February 27, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 6 due March 5, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 7 due March 12, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 8 due March 26, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 9 due April 2, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 10 due April 9, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 11 due April 21, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 12 due April 28, 2008 and solutions

Problem Set 13 due May 5, 2008 and solutions